HARRISBURG — A Republican-led state Senate committee on Tuesday rejected a bill to legalize recreational marijuana in Pennsylvania less than a week after it passed the Democratic-led House.

The Senate Law & Justice Committee voted 7-3 Tuesday morning to defeat the bill that would have had the state Liquor Control Board run stores that would sell marijuana. It had passed the House on a 102-101 vote, with all Democrats in favor and all Republicans opposed.

Early Tuesday afternoon, Republican Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman said any hope of a bipartisan marijuana deal appeared bleak.

“Right now I don’t see a consensus among our caucus that we should move forward on the issue,” Pittman said. “Obviously, members have a very wide range of opinions on the issue. But I don’t see it as being ready for prime time, and I believe that what the House did last week further underscored that the issue is not ready for prime time.”

Pittman criticized the bill that came out of the House — using a state-run system as opposed to a more private one — as “unserious” and a “ruse.” He said, “There is no logical reason or explanation why such a serious topic and a serious issue would have been relegated to a process that is impractical and not understandable.”

Pittman’s statements appeared to cast doubt on whether any deal on recreational marijuana is possible this budget season. But the leader of House Democrats, Rep. Matt Bradford of Montgomery County, told reporters his chamber had proven it could move on the issue, and he noted that many Senate Law & Justice Committee members appeared amenable to support some kind of marijuana bill.

“It’s up to the Senate to move forward,” Mr. Bradford said. He also pointed out that a “budgetary timeline” is in play.

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who is pro-legalization, put more than $500 million in revenue in his proposed 2025-26 budget from the anticipated implementation of a recreational marijuana law.

Last week, Shapiro called the House action an important step “Obviously, it’s the beginning,” Shapiro said. “This is going to have to go through some bipartisan compromise.”